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[Rossco]

Who is a player and who is a spectator when it comes to Lotto or competitions Also has anyone known or heard of anyone ever winning any major prizes in the lottories or any other competitions for that matter I my self have dabbeled in the lotto & other competitions for the past 3Yrs and have'nt won very much at all. So I tend to sit on the sceptical side of thing's. Just thought I'd put this one out there to see what other people's thoughts are on the topic. I'm a player but I'm slowly thinking of going back to being a spectator.

[bigjon]

Spectator - I have a higher chance of being killed by lightning or a venomous snake.
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[Earthmover]

I will not even consider gambling . I know this sounds bad but I wont ever buy a 50c raffle ticket off my daughter when she brings them home from school . Bingo NO ! NO ! I've seen blokes loose Everything "LOTO" what a scam


Oh! player
spectator
I wont even encourage
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[Rossco]

That's sort of what I mean Bigjon. Of all the people I've known through-out my life, I have never heard the words (I'VE WON THE LOTTO) come out of their mouths. Even if they did I'd like to see them back it up with a bit of proof Of all the draws that have been drawn since I think around about 1984, I can't believe I've never run into a winner

[Dino]

Yeah, I'm with earthmover on this subject.
If anybody but our various Govts owned it, it'd be illegal.
One of my mates did win 18 grand. By his reckoning, he was still over 5 grand behind. No more playing lotto. He quit while still behind....
"Without bad luck, I wouldn't have any at all."
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[yogie]

I dont gamble at all, but I think instead of 20 or 30 million first prize, they should have 20 or 30 one million prizes so its more fair.
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[Rossco]

yogie wrote:

I dont gamble at all, but I think instead of 20 or 30 million first prize, they should have 20 or 30 one million prizes so its more fair.

But when you think about it yogie your write about it in a round-about way. For example when a lotto's prize pool jackpots so dose the amount of entries to that prize pool. So with a country of something like 20 odd million people, if each person was to place a coupon on which contains 12 games in it, that works to approximatly 240 million different combimations and yet it continues to, in some cases not go off 4 weeks in a row So instead of having 20 or 30 one million prizes there should be 20 or 30 division 1 winners.

[bigjon]

Hello everyone. This is Mrs. bigjon. I'm sorry to inform you, but this afternoon bigjon was bitten by a brown snake. While waiting for the paramedics he was then struck by lightning. I guess he should have bought a lottery ticket
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[Rossco]

bigjon wrote:

Hello everyone. This is Mrs. bigjon. I'm sorry to inform you, but this afternoon bigjon was bitten by a brown snake. While waiting for the paramedics he was then struck by lightning. I guess he should have bought a lottery ticket

Oh well I'd be selling the story to the media you're bound to make a million

[Dingo555]

bigjon wrote:

Hello everyone. This is Mrs. bigjon. I'm sorry to inform you, but this afternoon bigjon was bitten by a brown snake. While waiting for the paramedics he was then struck by lightning. I guess he should have bought a lottery ticket

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[wa5]

Been reading a little George Orwell Rossco? Afraid the Lottery is just a scam to get more money out of the Proletariat?

I have heard of a few people winning a few prizes... Sisters work mate won 2 Million, Bloke down the road won 500k...

I guess the problem is that most people who have won/ come into a large amount of money, are reluctant to talk about it. My mother says that if she came into a large amount of money (IE Million Plus Dollars), she would not talk about it... and cites the case of Graeme Thorne.

http://www.thecrimeweb.com/murder_of_graeme_thorne.htm

In a nutshell, Eight year old Graeme was kidnapped and Murdered by Steven Bradley in 1960 (In Sydney) shortly after his parents won the Opera House Lottery.

Police got the bastard, He died in Goulburn Gaol in 1968.

[Rossco]

I know where your coming from wa5. That crap has been going on for years. I was watching a docco on MA & PA Barker, I think it was back in the 20tees. The difference between the fella you've been talking about and them was, they would kidnap mostly bank managers and hold them to ransom The only thing is they did'nt have lotto back then. Also what makes a lotto winner that much different from say a surgeon/doctor or a lawer

[Dino]

Rossco wrote:

. Also what makes a lotto winner that much different from say a surgeon/doctor or a lawer

Well, if I saw a lotto winner drowning I might help. If it were a lawyer drowning, I'd probably throw the lawyers family in. And I'd ask for a second opinion on the doctor.
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[wa5]

I suppose the difference, between a Lotto winner and a high salary earner, is that the latter is likely to have a good deal of thier money invested in stocks/ property etc, where as a recent lotto winner will have access to a lot of money.

[Rossco]

I'm not really interested in the money side of thing's. It's the stastics, for eg how long do they play for before a win Do they play/enter in multiple competitions Do they have a system or do they change the way they play all the time And I understand where you're coming from wa5 with not making a big deal after such an event. I myself would be keeping quiet as well.

[whichonedoiget]

read a story out of the states the other day. Bloke walked into lotto store asked for 3 X $1 lotto tickets to give as chrissy presents, young bloke behind the counter gave him 1 X $3 lotto ticket by mistake. the guy ummed and aarrrd about givin it back for what he originally wanted. decided not too and walked away with that weeks jackpot of about 140 million odd dollars.

IF ONLY

[Rossco]

Quote:

140 million odd dollars

Now I tell you what I think I'd run out of things to spend it on But I'd have fun trying.

[Dino]

Rossco wrote:

Quote: 140 million odd dollars Now I tell you what I think I'd run out of things to spend it on But I'd have fun trying.

No you wouldn't Rosco. The yanks pay theirs in annual instalments......
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[Rossco]

Hey that's great Dino, so you slave your ring gear out all your life to win a sh!t load of money, just to be told your getting so much each year I suppose it's tuff sh!t if you die in the mean time

[wa5]

I think it is paid out over 10 or 20 years, even so, you'de be hard pressed to go through 7 million a year

[Dino]

wa5 wrote:

I think it is paid out over 10 or 20 years, even so, you'de be hard pressed to go through 7 million a year

I'd give it a very hard try..........
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[Rossco]

wa5 wrote:

I think it is paid out over 10 or 20 years, even so, you'de be hard pressed to go through 7 million a year

Not if your James Packer Did you see on the news tonight that he has just purchased a 33 million dollar cruiser

[wa5]

Q...How does James Packer get a small fortune
A... Give him his fathers big one, and let him take it from there

[Rossco]

Mate I'm suprised he's got money, considering all the hype in regards to all the casino investment going backwards.

[Pooj]

Don't gamble, never have, never will. Gambling is a lose lose situation. My biggest gamble is getting to work and back with all the nutters driving cars these days!

Cheers..............................Pete!
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